tag:law.nd.edu,2005:/newsThe Law School | The Law School2018-05-23T12:40:00-04:00tag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/869972018-05-23T12:40:00-04:002018-05-23T15:09:15-04:00Notre Dame Law School celebrates Class of 2018<p>This past weekend, the graduates of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2018 celebrated their achievements, reflected on friendships built and lessons learned, and gave thanks for their many blessings.</p><p class="image-default"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/276357/1000x/prayerservice2018.jpg" title="Prayerservice2018" alt="Prayerservice2018" /> Members of Notre Dame Law School&#8217;s Class of 2018 walk from Biolchini Hall to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Saturday, May 19.</p>
<p>This past weekend, the graduates of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2018 celebrated their achievements, reflected on friendships built and lessons learned, and gave thanks for their many blessings.</p>
<p>While a commencement ceremony marks the end of an era in students’ lives, it also marks the beginning of much more.</p>
<p>At the class prayer service Saturday morning at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the Law School’s chaplain, Rev. Pat Reidy, C.S.C., confessed that he and his fellow resident assistants wrote their names in Sorin Hall’s attic before they graduated from the University in 2008.</p>
<p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/276360/450x/fatherpat2018.jpg" title="Fatherpat2018" alt="Fatherpat2018" /> Rev. Pat Reidy, C.S.C., speaks to the Law School&#8217;s Class of 2018 on Saturday, May 19, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.</p>
<p>“I’m sure we figured that nobody would ever see it, and I think we were OK with that. We just needed to know that our names were there, that all our memories counted for something, that we left our mark somehow,” Reidy said.</p>
<p>“One of my favorite ethnographers – a guy from Nashville named <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;amp;v=EU-zks4FRlI">Jason Aldean</a> – describes the feeling perfectly,” Reidy said. Then he entertained the Basilica audience by singing the chorus of Aldean’s “Tattoos on This Town.”</p>
<p><em>It sure left its mark on us, we sure left our mark on it<br />
We let the world know we were here, with everything we did<br />
We laid a lot of memories down, like tattoos on this town</em></p>
<p>“It wasn’t until graduation that I realized just how much of my life had been marked by Notre Dame. It marked my life. It tattooed my heart,” Reidy said.</p>
<p>“That person you’ve been and become in this place, share that joy with the world,” he said. “You don’t need a paintbrush to leave your mark on this world. You need joy – the kind of joy you’ve known in this place, the kind of joy that leaves its mark on you forever.”</p>
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<p>On Saturday afternoon, the Law School held its 148th Hooding and Diploma Ceremony at the Joyce Center. The Law School conferred 204 J.D. and 41 LL.M. degrees to the Class of 2018.</p>
<p>The class selected the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as the Distinguished Professor of the Year. Judge Barrett, who earned her J.D. from Notre Dame in 1997, has been a member of the Law School’s faculty since 2002. The U.S. Senate confirmed her as a judge for the Seventh Circuit in October.</p>
<p>In her address to the graduates, Barrett talked about the power of words – especially in law.</p>
<p>“Words are our essential tool of the trade,” she said. “Accountants work with numbers, doctors work with the body, lawyers work with words. Words bring contracts to life, they transfer property, they give force to statutes and judicial opinions.”</p>
<p>Barrett encouraged graduates to use their new “superpower” wisely.</p>
<p>“Choose your words wisely. If they reflect what’s good and what’s true, don’t be afraid to say them,” she said. “Don’t speak recklessly, but speak fearlessly.”</p>
<p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/276363/450x/ndlawgrad05192018_037.jpg" title="Ndlawgrad05192018 037" alt="Ndlawgrad05192018 037" /> Members of the Law School&#8217;s Class of 2018 sing the Alma Mater, &#8220;Notre Dame, Our Mother,&#8221; at the Hooding and Diploma Ceremony on Saturday, May 19, at the Joyce Center.</p>
<p>Barrett added that the words the graduates use will reflect who they are, but that doesn’t mean their words should be all about themselves.</p>
<p>&#8220;Diseases are named after the doctors who identified them, so we have Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease,” she said. “The same is true of inventions, so we have Braille and pasteurization.”</p>
<p>But legal cases are different.</p>
<p>“Cases are not named after the lawyers who litigated them or the judges who decided them, but after the people on whom they had the greatest effect,” she said.</p>
<p>“The law was developed for people – for the flesh-and-blood people you will now serve,” she said. “And all of you, whether full time or pro bono, should use the legal language that you now know to be a voice for the voiceless.”</p>
<p>The Law School’s three most prestigious awards were announced during the Hooding and Diploma Ceremony.</p>
<p>Brent Murphy of Biloxi, Mississippi, received the Law School’s highest honor – the Colonel William J. Hoynes Award. The award is named for Notre Dame Law School’s first dean and is presented annually to the member of the graduating class who has the best record in scholarship, application, deportment, and achievement.</p>
<p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/276361/450x/awardwinners2018.jpg" title="Awardwinners2018" alt="Awardwinners2018" /> From left, Mathew Hoffmann, Brent Murphy, and Mary Katherine Hickey received the Class of 2018&#8217;s three most prestigious awards.</p>
<p>Murphy was editor-in-chief of the Notre Dame Law Review during the 2017-2018 academic year. He earned his B.A. in political science with a minor in theology from Notre Dame in 2015.</p>
<p>After graduation, Murphy will clerk for the Honorable Paul J. Kelly Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and then Judge Barrett in the Seventh Circuit. Judge Kelly earned his B.B.A. at Notre Dame in 1963.</p>
<p>Mary Katherine Hickey of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, received the Dean Joseph O’Meara Award. The honor is presented annually to a member of the graduating class for outstanding academic achievement.</p>
<p>Hickey served as executive managing editor of the Notre Dame Law Review during the 2017-2018 academic year. She was the Class of 2018’s recipient of the Conrad Kellenberg Award for Community Service and the H. King Williams Award, which is presented each year to a graduating student who has made a significant contribution to building community at the Law School. She earned her B.A. in history from Villanova University in 2015.</p>
<p>After graduation, Hickey will clerk for the Honorable Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Wilson earned his B.A. at Notre Dame in 1976 and his J.D. from the Law School in 1979.</p>
<p>Mathew Hoffmann of Calgary, Alberta, received the Farabaugh Prize for high scholarship in law. The award was established by Gallitzin A. Farabaugh, a South Bend attorney.</p>
<p>Hoffmann was a note and submissions editor for the Notre Dame Law Review during the 2017-2018 academic year. He served as an assistant rector in Keough Hall during his second year at the Law School. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2014 with a double major in chemistry and government. He will return to Washington, D.C., this fall to work at Jones Day.</p>
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<p><a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/veronica-canton-18-j-d-receives-leadership-award-from-american-bar-association/">Veronica Canton, &#8217;18 J.D., receives <span class="caps">ABA</span> leadership award</a></p>
<p><a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/professors-barbara-fick-and-douglass-cassel-announce-retirements/">Professors Barbara Fick and Douglass Cassel announce retirements</a></p>
<p><a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/professor-nicole-stelle-garnett-addresses-holy-cross-colleges-class-of-2018/">Professor Nicole Garnett addresses Holy Cross College&#8217;s Class of 2018</a></p>Kevin Allentag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/869482018-05-21T15:55:00-04:002018-05-22T12:21:52-04:00Professors Barbara Fick and Douglass Cassel announce retirements<p>The Law School’s 2018 commencement ceremony on Saturday was the last for two Notre Dame Law School professors who are retiring this summer.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/275998/600x/casselfick.jpg" title="Doug Cassel Barb Fick" alt="Doug Cassel Barb Fick" /> Professor Douglass Cassel, left, and Professor Barbara J. Fick are retiring from Notre Dame Law School this summer.</p>
<p>The Law School’s 2018 commencement ceremony on Saturday was the last for two Notre Dame Law School professors who are retiring this summer.</p>
<p>Professor and labor law expert Barbara J. Fick has chosen her beloved City of Philadelphia for her new home and base of operations as she pursues her lifelong love of travel and good food. Professor Douglass Cassel will be relocating to New York, where he will sample retirement while carrying on as counsel on matters of business and human rights with the global law firm of King &amp; Spalding.</p>
<p>“Barb and Doug have become part of the fabric of the Notre Dame Law School community, and we will miss them dearly,” said Dean Nell Jessup Newton. &quot;I wish them both the very best in their retirements and in all their future endeavors.”</p>
<p><strong>Barbara J. Fick</strong></p>
<p>Professor Fick earned her B.A. from Creighton University in 1972 and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. She joined Notre Dame Law School in 1983 after practicing labor law at the Milwaukee firm of Foley &amp; Lardner and with the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia. At Notre Dame, Fick has focused her teaching and scholarship on the various aspects of labor law, including employment discrimination, individual rights in the workplace, and international and comparative labor law. From 1995 until 2009, she worked with the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, advising and teaching trade union leaders in Central and Eastern Europe on issues relating to protecting worker rights and ensuring domestic compliance with international labor standards.</p>
<p>She has served as a member of the Executive Board of the U.S. branch of the International Society for Labor and Social Security Law and as a faculty fellow at Notre Dame’s Institute for International Peace Studies and the Higgins Labor Studies Program.</p>
<p>In 2005, she won the University’s Grenville Clark Award in recognition of her professional focus on understanding and improving the position of the worker in society.</p>
<p>Well known for mentoring numerous Notre Dame Law students who went on to pursue successful careers in labor law, Professor Fick also worked closely with the American Bar Association to educate the public about employment law and workers’ rights, serving for many years as the <span class="caps">ABA</span> Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases’ contributing editor for labor and employment Law, and writing The <span class="caps">ABA</span> Guide to Workplace Law, published first by Times Books and subsequently by Random House.</p>
<p><strong>Douglass Cassel</strong></p>
<p>Professor Cassel earned his B.A. cum laude from Yale in 1969 and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1972. After serving in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, he served as general counsel of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest; executive director and co-founder of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law; and clinical professor, director, and founder of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law (1998-2005). He joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 2005 and served as director of the university’s Center for Civil and Human Rights from 2005 to 2012. His scholarship has been published widely in Europe and Latin America as well as the United States.</p>
<p>Outside the classroom, Professor Cassel has worked tirelessly on behalf of human rights throughout the Americas. He has served as a consultant for the Organization of American States and the United Nations, including as a legal advisor to the UN Commission on the Truth for El Salvador from 1992 to 1993. He has also represented victims of human-rights violations in Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela in cases heard by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.</p>
<p>Professor Cassel recently played a crucial role in the talks that led to Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, forging <a href="https://fightingfor.nd.edu/2016/fighting-for-lasting-peace/?utm_campaign=WWYFF+Mich+St+Media+Relations&amp;amp;utm_content=WWYFF+Mich+St+Media+Relations&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_term=null">an agreement in 2016</a> to end that country’s half-century of civil war. His many awards include the Order of Merit, conferred by the Republic of Colombia in recognition of his work in helping to negotiate the transitional justice component of that peace agreement. Most recently he was presented with Notre Dame’s 2017 <a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/douglass-cassel-to-receive-nd-faculty-award-for-peace-and-human-rights/">Grenville Clark Award</a> in recognition of his voluntary efforts to advance the cause of peace and human rights.</p>Charles Williamstag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/869452018-05-21T14:50:00-04:002018-05-21T14:56:21-04:00With law degree, Class of 2018’s Ashley Bowman becomes a Triple Domer<p>When Ashley Bowman received her J.D. on Saturday from the Law School, she became one of the rare Triple Domers with three Notre Dame degrees.</p><p class="image-default"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/275986/1000x/ashleybowman.jpg" title="Ashleybowman" alt="Ashleybowman"https://law.nd.edu/> Ashley Bowman &#8217;14, &#8217;17 <span class="caps">MBA</span>, &#8217;18 J.D.</p>
<p>When Ashley Bowman received her J.D. on Saturday from the Law School, she became one of the rare Triple Domers with three Notre Dame degrees. (She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2014 and an <span class="caps">MBA</span> in 2017.)</p>
<p>Before she headed off to study for the bar exam and start her legal career in Atlanta, Bowman reflected on the impact Notre Dame has had on her life and the things she will miss about being on campus.</p>
<p>It’s a long list – from the many traditions Notre Dame celebrates to the friends she made as an undergrad living in Pasquerilla West Hall and singing in the Voices of Faith Gospel Choir.</p>
<p>“The Grotto is a very special place, and I don’t think you realize it until you’ve spent some time away,” she said. “Having chapels in every dorm is something you don’t get anywhere else. It’s easy to make faith a big part of your life here. That’s something you have to fight for later.”</p>
<p>Bowman’s mother is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, so she lived all over the United States while she was growing up.</p>
<p>She immediately felt at home here under the Dome.</p>
<p>“I came here for spring visitation for admitted students when I was a senior in high school, and I just fell in love,” she said.</p>
<p>Bowman spent the 2017-2018 academic year in London, participating in the Notre Dame London Law Program. She said coming back to campus last week for commencement was emotional.</p>
<p>“When you turn down Notre Dame Avenue and see the Golden Dome through the trees – that will always be something special,” Bowman said.</p>
<p>“I’m really thankful I got to be here. ‘Thankful’ is the word on my heart right now.”</p>Kevin Allentag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/869542018-05-21T12:30:00-04:002018-05-21T17:32:35-04:00Professor Nicole Garnett addresses Holy Cross College's Class of 2018<p>Notre Dame Law Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett was featured as the keynote speaker Saturday during Holy Cross College&#8217;s 51st Commencement Exercises.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/244151/nicole_garnett.jpg" title="Nicole Garnett" alt="Nicole Garnett" /> Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett</p>
<p>Notre Dame Law Professor <a href="https://law.nd.edu/directory/nicole-garnett/">Nicole Stelle Garnett</a> was featured as the keynote speaker Saturday during <a href="http://www.hcc-nd.edu/nicole-stelle-garnett-address-class-2018/">Holy Cross College&#8217;s 51st Commencement Exercises</a>.</p>
<p>Garnett, a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, spoke on a key aspect of Catholic education – its impact on the common good. Catholic schools are often labeled &#8220;private&#8221; schools, but their mission is public in important respects.</p>
<p><a href="https://portal.stretchinternet.com/rrsn/portal.htm?eventId=449619&amp;amp;streamType=video">Click here</a> to watch Professor Garnett&#8217;s speech. Her address starts around 30 minutes into the video.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was our pleasure to honor Professor Garnett by awarding her a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa,&#8221; said Holy Cross College President Rev. David Tyson, C.S.C.</p>
<p>&#8220;Garnett has helped our local community, the state of Indiana, and indeed the nation understand why school choice is so important,&#8221; Father Tyson said. &#8220;Parents, especially in vulnerable communities, have a right to choose a faith-based, tradition-laden, formative education for their children.&#8221;</p>
<p>Professor Garnett’s teaching and research focus on property, land use, urban development, local government law, and education reform. She co-authored <a href="https://ace.nd.edu/pages/lost-classroom-lost-community-nicole-garnett-margaret-brinig"><em>Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America</em></a> with Notre Dame Law Professor <a href="https://law.nd.edu/directory/margaret-brinig/">Margaret F. Brinig</a>. The book, published in 2014 by University of Chicago Press, examines the effects of Catholic school closures on urban neighborhoods.</p>
<p>In addition to instruction, Professor Garnett serves as an advisor for the Alliance for Catholic Education and as a fellow of the University’s Institute for Educational Initiatives, the Notre Dame Institute for Real Estate, the Law School&#8217;s Program on Law and Economics, and the Center for Literacy Education. She frequently speaks about education policy issues, especially as they relate to Catholic schools, and she currently serves as a consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Catholic Education.</p>Notre Dame Law Schooltag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/868972018-05-18T10:00:00-04:002018-05-18T11:17:36-04:00ND Law Professor Stephen Yelderman earns tenure<p>Stephen Yelderman has been granted tenure as a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. Yelderman joined the faculty in 2013 and has taught patent law, copyright, remedies, and introductory intellectual property.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/110109/300x/yelderman.jpg" title="Stephen Yelderman" alt="Stephen Yelderman" /></p>
<p>Stephen Yelderman has been granted tenure as a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. Yelderman joined the faculty in 2013 and has taught patent law, copyright, remedies, and introductory intellectual property.</p>
<p>“As dean, I could not be more pleased by Professor Yelderman&#8217;s accomplishment, and I know the entire Law School community is equally delighted,” said Nell Jessup Newton, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law. “This promotion is richly deserved.”</p>
<p><a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/supreme-court-patent-case-has-major-implications-for-international-relations/">Yelderman’s recent work</a> on patent damages was <a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/two-nd-law-professors-cited-at-supreme-court/">cited during oral arguments</a> at the Supreme Court last month. His articles have appeared in journals such as the <em>University of Chicago Law Review</em> and the <em>Harvard Journal of Law and Technology</em>, and he continues to work on a number of projects related to patent law, copyright, antitrust, and remedies.</p>
<p>“Both the students and faculty make Notre Dame a very special place to be,” Yelderman said. “I am so grateful to be a part of this community.”</p>
<p>Yelderman came to Notre Dame Law School from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where his work focused on the telecommunications and content industries. Prior to that, Yelderman clerked for the Honorable Neil Gorsuch on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and represented start-up companies as a patent agent in Silicon Valley.</p>
<p>Yelderman graduated with High Honors from University of Chicago Law School, and holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University.</p>Amanda Graytag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/868702018-05-16T17:10:00-04:002018-05-16T17:14:21-04:00Professor Carter Snead elected as Hastings Center Fellow<p>Notre Dame Law Professor O. Carter Snead, the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, has been elected as a Fellow of the Hastings Center, the world&#8217;s first and most prestigious bioethics research institute.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/71716/snead.jpg" title="Snead" alt="Snead" /> Professor O. Carter Snead</p>
<p>Notre Dame Law Professor <a href="https://law.nd.edu/directory/o-carter-snead/">O. Carter Snead</a>, the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the <a href="https://ethicscenter.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture</a>, has been elected as a Fellow of the Hastings Center, the world&#8217;s first and most prestigious bioethics research institute. The Hastings Center draws their fellows from across the disciplines and hails them as &#8220;an elected group of individuals of outstanding accomplishment, whose work has informed scholarship and/or public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences research and the environment.&#8221; Their Fellows display &#8220;uncommon insight and impact in areas of critical concern to the Center – how best to understand and manage the inevitable values questions, moral uncertainties and societal effects that arise as a consequence of advances in the life sciences, the need to improve health and health care for people of all ages, and mitigation of human impact on the natural world.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It is a great honor to join the distinguished ranks of the Hastings Center Fellows,&#8221; said Snead. &#8220;For decades, the Hastings Center has stood as an essential institution seeking to grapple with the ethical issues, societal effects, and questions of justice that arise as a consequence of technological advances in the life sciences. I look forward to working with my new colleagues at the Center and contributing to this eminent community of thinkers.&#8221;</p>
<p>Founded in 1969 by philosopher Daniel Callahan and psychoanalyst Willard Gaylin, the Hastings Center is the oldest independent, nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research institute of its kind in the world. Through research, scholarly publications, public forums, and media briefings, the Hastings Center works to ensure better understanding of what is at stake in bioethics nationally and globally as changes in technology, medicine, and the environment reshape the landscape of human possibilities. The Center publishes two influential journals, <em>Hastings Center Report</em> and <em><span class="caps">IRB</span>: Ethics &amp; Human Research</em>, and issues several special reports per year on emerging issues in bioethics.</p>
<p>Professor Carter Snead is the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the Center for Ethics and Culture, Professor of Law in the Notre Dame Law School, and Concurrent Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Professor Snead is one of the world’s leading experts on public bioethics—the governance of science, medicine, and technology in the name of ethical goods. He has published over forty journal articles, book chapters, and essays on abortion, embryo research, neuroethics, assisted reproduction, end-of-life decision-making, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. His articles have appeared in such publications as the <em>New York University Law Review</em>, the <em>Harvard Law Review Forum</em>, the <em>Vanderbilt Law Review</em>, <em>Constitutional Commentary</em>, the <em>Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics</em>, the <em>Journal of Medicine and Philosophy</em>, and <em>Political Science Quarterly</em>. He is the editor of three book series with the University of Notre Dame Press, including “<a href="http://undpress.nd.edu/series/S00210">Catholic Ideas for a Secular World</a>.”</p>
<p>Snead has advised officials in all three branches of the federal government on matters of public bioethics. He served as General Counsel to President Bush’s Council on Bioethics (chaired by Leon R. Kass). He led the U.S. delegation to <span class="caps">UNESCO</span> and was its chief negotiator for bioethics-related treaties and conventions from 2003 to 2005. He also served as the U.S. Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Bioethics from 2006 to 2008. In 2016, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life, which advises the pope on culture of life issues.<br />
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<em>Originally published by Kenneth Hallenius at <a href="https://ethicscenter.nd.edu/news/carter-snead-elected-as-hastings-center-fellow/">ethicscenter.nd.edu</a> on May 16, 2018.</em></p>Kenneth Halleniustag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/868232018-05-15T16:40:00-04:002018-05-15T18:33:37-04:00Veronica Canton, ’18 J.D., receives ABA leadership award<p>The American Bar Association selected a member of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2018 to receive one of its Leadership Recognition Awards.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/231956/veronicacantonweb.jpg" title="Veronicacantonweb" alt="Veronicacantonweb" /></p>
<p>The American Bar Association selected a member of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2018 to receive one of its Leadership Recognition Awards.</p>
<p>Veronica Canton, ’18 J.D., received the award for serving on the editorial board of Landslide, a publication of the <span class="caps">ABA</span> Section of Intellectual Property Law. Canton was invited to apply for a position on the board after she presented a paper in May 2017 at the <a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/nd-law-student-to-present-at-international-trademark-conference/">International Trademark Association’s annual meeting</a> in Barcelona, Spain.</p>
<p>The <span class="caps">ABA</span> presented the Leadership Recognition Awards in April at the association’s spring conference in Arlington, Virginia.</p>
<p>“One of the first law student editors for Landslide magazine, Veronica jumped in with both feet and has made an impact beyond magazine board expectations,” said Scott Partridge, chair of the ABA’s Intellectual Property Law Section.</p>
<p>“On numerous occasions, Veronica generously volunteered for projects that required a quick turnaround and attention to detail, this while also in law school,” Partridge said. “The board is fortunate to have her and looks forward to watching her grow within the section.”</p>
<p>In addition to her work with the <span class="caps">ABA</span>, Canton serves as president of the <a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-3l-serves-as-national-president-of-hispanic-national-bar-associations-student-group/">Hispanic National Bar Association Law Student Division</a>. Also, she has been one of the leading team members on <a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/nd-law-students-pitching-tech-startup-impowerus-at-south-by-southwest/">Impowerus</a> – a student-led digital media startup that’s connecting young immigrants with pro bono legal services.</p>
<p>After graduation, she will work with the commercial litigation team at Michael Best <span class="caps">LLP</span> in Milwaukee. She plans to become a Certified Information Privacy Professional this fall for both the United States and Europe, and she will continue working with the Impowerus team. She said she is always open to supporting other students and encourages them to connect with her via LinkedIn.</p>
<p>“To say I’ve enjoyed my law school experience is an understatement,” Canton said. “And I’m elated to represent Notre Dame Law School in these endeavors.”</p>Kevin Allentag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/867472018-05-11T14:15:00-04:002018-05-11T15:44:49-04:00Mark McKenna named a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor<p>Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce that Professor Mark McKenna has been appointed a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor.</p>
<p>McKenna joins Notre Dame Law Professors Barry Cushman and Nicole Stelle Garnett as John P. Murphy Foundation appointees. Professor McKenna teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property and privacy law. He also teaches the first year torts course.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/208642/mark_mckenna_profile.jpg" title="Mark Mckenna Profile" alt="Mark Mckenna Profile" /></p>
<p>Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce that Professor Mark McKenna has been appointed a John P. Murphy Foundation Professor.</p>
<p>McKenna joins Notre Dame Law Professors Barry Cushman and Nicole Stelle Garnett as John P. Murphy Foundation appointees. Professor McKenna teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property and privacy law. He also teaches the first-year torts course.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m honored to be named a Murphy Chair, and I&#8217;m grateful to the Murphy Foundation for its support of the Law School and my research in particular,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Professor McKenna is one of the nation&#8217;s leading intellectual property scholars. Though his core area of expertise is trademark law, McKenna has written broadly on nearly every area of intellectual property, including utility patent, design patent, copyright, and the right of publicity. His most recent work focuses on the claiming methodologies employed by different intellectual property regimes and particularly the ways differences in claiming exacerbate concerns about overlapping intellectual property protection.</p>
<p>“This recognition is richly deserved for one of Notre Dame’s most influential scholars,&quot; said Nell Jessup Newton, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law. &quot;Mark McKenna is also a superb teacher and a driving force behind the spectacular success of the Law School’s intellectual property and technology programs.”</p>
<p>The appointment is named for John P. Murphy, a 1912 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a bachelor of laws degree. He practiced in Minnesota and Montana before joining the Army Air Corps during World War I, serving as special counsel. After the war, Murphy moved to Cleveland to continue his legal career. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of law in 1952. Murphy retired as <span class="caps">CEO</span> of Higbee’s department store in 1967. He died in 1969.</p>
<p>The endowment was gifted to the University of Notre Dame in 1998 to both the Law School and Theology Department. It is the single largest donation from the foundation.</p>Amanda Graytag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/867262018-05-11T12:15:00-04:002018-05-11T12:17:03-04:00Student-run startup wins $40,000 at McCloskey Competition<p>A digital media startup run by Notre Dame Law students won $40,000 in awards at the 2018 McCloskey New Venture Competition.</p>
<p>Impowerus – an online platform that connects juvenile immigrants with pro bono attorneys offering immigration services – took home three awards at the annual competition held during Notre Dame’s Idea Week.</p><p class="image-right"><img src="https://law.nd.edu/assets/275290/450x/impowerusmccloskey.jpg" title="Impowerusmccloskey" alt="Impowerusmccloskey" /> Jerry Chavez, left, of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation presents Notre Dame 3L Veronica Canton of Impowerus with a $15,000 award for best collabration at the 2018 McCloskey New Venture Competition.</p>
<p>A digital media startup run by Notre Dame Law students won $40,000 in awards at the <a href="https://research.nd.edu/news/2018-mccloskey-new-venture-competition-winners/">2018 McCloskey New Venture Competition</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://impowerus.com/">Impowerus</a> – an online platform that connects juvenile immigrants with pro bono attorneys offering immigration services – took home three awards at the annual competition held during Notre Dame’s Idea Week.</p>
<ul>
<li>Klau Family Prize for Greatest Social Impact: $10,000</li>
<li>Award from Marshall County Economic Development Corporation for best collaboration: $15,000</li>
<li>Horvath Communications Best Woman-Owned Startup: $15,000</li>
</ul>
<p>The mission behind Impowerus is to remove barriers to legal representation. The company offers a novel solution by providing a platform where attorneys and clients can communicate over the Internet through a secure video chat with the integration of a useful dashboard.</p>
<p>&#8220;The amazing support we&#8217;ve had from the community so far, both the Notre Dame and greater South Bend community, have allowed us to reach heights we never could have imagined,&#8221; said Impowerus founder Katelyn Ringrose, a second-year student at Notre Dame Law School.</p>
<p>&#8220;Being chosen as the best female-founded company, best social, and best community venture are priceless recognitions for the work we&#8217;re doing as a team to help bridge the access-to-justice gap,&#8221; Ringrose said.</p>
<p>Veronica Canton, a member of Notre Dame Law&#8217;s Class of 2018 and an Impowerus partner, noted, &#8220;These awards validate the hard work, we as students, are doing to bring technology to the forefront of legal services and to improve the way the legal industry engages with clients.&#8221;</p>
<p>Eight Notre Dame students are working on Impowerus, which has garnered support from numerous organizations that exist to encourage entrepreneurship and startup companies at Notre Dame and in the greater South Bend region.</p>
<p>The company won the Fellow Irish Social Hub, or <span class="caps">FISH</span>, award for best social venture at last year’s McCloskey Competition.</p>
<p>In March, Impowerus was <a href="https://law.nd.edu/news/nd-law-students-pitching-tech-startup-impowerus-at-south-by-southwest/">one of eight student-led digital media startups</a> invited to present at Student Startup Madness at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.</p>Kevin Allentag:law.nd.edu,2005:News/864932018-05-04T15:40:00-04:002018-05-14T09:38:37-04:00Four new professors to join ND Law School next fall<p>Notre Dame Law School will be welcoming four new faculty for the 2018-2019 school year: Sadie Blanchard, Samuel Bray, Emily Bremer, and Christian Burset.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is time to add new professors to our community,&#8221; said Dean Nell Jessup Newton, &#8220;and we are excited to welcome these outstanding scholars and teachers.&#8221;</p><p>Notre Dame Law